Abundance vs scarcity in Scripture

The key to the biblical regime is its focus on abundance and security rather than the typical (Hobbesian) moral philosopher's focus on scarcity and threat. God's participation in Israel's sons' politics catapults the social order into the abundant realm where gifts and trust and creative power define the stuff of ordinary life. The difference between individuals and societies versus persons and communities is the difference between scarcity and threat versus abundance and security.